Dixie Theatre
104 Second Street,
Marmaduke,
AR
71443
104 Second Street,
Marmaduke,
AR
71443
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The article mentioned that Mr. Ford had planned on naming the theatre the Marmaduke but it was opened as the Dixie instead. Since it was never called the Marmaduke when the theatre opened I never listed Marmaduke as an AKA.
The most recent mention of the Dixie in Boxoffice is an item in the December 29, 1956, issue saying that the owner, T.E. Smith, had closed the theater.
A theater was opened in Marmaduke in 1938 by Tom Ford, but the September 24 issue of Boxoffice that year said that the new house, set to open the following Friday, was to be named the Marmaduke. I can’t find the name Marmaduke Theatre in any later issues of Boxoffice, but then the earliest mention of the Dixie I’ve found is from 1947. Most likely the Marmaduke and the Dixie were the same house in any case.
The Dixie is still listed in 1955 with 338 seats.
Information for this theatre obtained from the Arkansas Historical magazine.